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The Learnability and Acquisition of the Dative Alternation in English
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The Learnability and Acquisition of the Dative Alternation in English
The Learnability and Acquisition of the Dative Alternation in English
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Jess Gropen
Jess Gropen
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Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker
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Michelle Hollander
Michelle Hollander
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Richard Goldberg
Richard Goldberg
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Ronald Wilson
Ronald Wilson
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1 June 1989
journal article
Published by
JSTOR
in
Language
Vol. 65
(2)
,
203
https://doi.org/10.2307/415332
Abstract
The dative alternation poses a learnability paradox: when children hear give money to him and give him money, they could formulate a rule deriving the double ob...
Keywords
LEARNABILITY AND ACQUISITION
ACQUISITION OF THE DATIVE
DATIVE ALTERNATION IN ENGLISH
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